Cameron scores own goal over teaching training plans

David Cameron has been scoring some own goals recently, notably his recent uncertainty over whether the Tories were going to give help to families.
Now he's decreed that he won't allow graduates with a third-class degree to become teachers.
Academic excellence doesn't mean you will be a good teacher and, conversely, a third-class degree doesn't mean you can't be a good teacher. There's much more to teaching than qualifications. Similarly, the best nurses are not necessarily those with the best qualifications and that applies to many jobs.
And you certainly don't need top academic qualifications to make it in business - ask Sir Richard Branson who hasn't done badly for himself
And remember Carol Vorderman, Mr Cameron's maths tsar, got a third from Cambridge. So don't judge a book or a teacher by its cover but by what's inside.